Tepco says they're concerned that the radiation leakage from Fukushima could eventually exceed that of Chernobyl

Workers in protective suits operate remote-controlled machinery to clear debris in the compound of Tokyo Electric Power Co's (Tepco) crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. -- PHOTO: REUTERS THE operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said on Tuesday that they are concerned that the radiation leakage could eventually exceed that of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. 'The radiation leak has not stopped completely and our concern is that it could eventually exceed Chernobyl,' an official from operator Tokyo Electric and Power told reporters on Tuesday. Japan on Tuesday raised the severity of its nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to a level 7 from 5, putting it on par with the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. The emission of radioactive substances from the Daiichi plant is about 10 per cent of the amount that had bee...